NH woman says boyfriend put her up to murder plot

BRENTWOOD, N.H. - A New Hampshire woman charged with trying to hire a hit man to kill the wife of a Manchester attorney testified at her trial that that her boyfriend made her do it.

Jurors earlier in the week saw 27-year-old Katherine Mendola on video talking with an undercover officer posing as a hit man about killing Wendy Branch, the wife of lawyer B.J. Branch. But on Friday, Mendola said she was acting under orders from her boyfriend of five years, whom she identified as Danny.

On the earlier videotape, Mendola was shown talking how Wendy Branch should be killed.

Mendola is a a former client of B.J. Branch's. Prosecutors said Mendola wanted a relationship with him and wanted his wife out of the way, telling the undercover officer to make it look like a hunting accident.

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Information from: WMUR-TV, http://wmur.com

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